Improvement in corn-planters



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GEORGE H. HUME, OF PAOLA, KANSAS.

IMPROVEMENT IN CORN-PLANTERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 152,494, dated June 30, 1874.; application filed December 20, 1873.

To alt whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE H. HUME, of Paola, in the county of Miami and State of Kansas, have invented a new and Improved Corn-Planter, of which the following' is a specification:

In the accompanying drawing, Figure l represents a top view of my improved cornplanter with parts eut oif, and Fig. 2, a vertical longitudinal section of the same on the line c c, Fig. l.

Similar letters of reference indicate correspondin g parts.

The invention relates to a combined planting and marking machine, and consists in the construction and arrangement of parts, as hereinafter described in a general way, and expressly indicated in the claims.

In the drawing, A represents the frame of the corn-planter, which is supported on the axle of the driving and covering wheels B.

In front of the wheels B is supported, on suitable bearings a, the main shaft C, to which mot-ion is communicated by gear-wheels b b1 b2, from the axle of the wheels B.

Centrally to frame A is keyed, on shaft O, the wave-wheel D, which actuates the sliding piece E by engaging' a central recess, d, of the saine. The sliding piece D is thereby carried alternately from right to left, causing the dropping of the seed from the seed-boxes F in front of wheels B, in the usual manner. Slide D moves on the cross-piece G, which is pivoted by a cross-bolt, e, laterally to the front ends of frame A.

The tongue H is rigidly applied to crosspiece G, being also provided with a shorter eross-piece, Hf, to whose ends the runners F', which connect with the seed-boxes F, are fastened. A vertical rest-piece, j', at point of connection of tongue H and cross-piece G, serves to support the pivoted arm I of front roller I1. A lever, I2, is applied to the upper end of arm I, and controlled by the attendant, so that when the same is thrown forward, roller Il is carried back, lowering cross-piece G, tongue H, and runners F1, and marking the furrows for the seed. i

Then lever I2 is thrown back till arm I rests vertically against the seat or rest piece f, roller I is brought forward and raises tongue H and runners Fl above the ground, for turning the planter from one row into the next, and for going to or from the place of work.

To each end of shaft O are firmly applied rotating arms L, which strike' with their inclined end lugs g the pivoted marker-rods Ll, at both ends of cross-piece G. Arms L are placed in such a manner on shaft O that each lug g strikes rod Ll simultaneously with the dropping of the seed from the adjoining seedbox F. The rods L1 extend in lateral direction at both sides of cross piece G, being guided by recesses hat both ends of the same, and carried back into horizontal position after being pressed down by band-springs Z, applied below them to cross-piece G.

A lightY movable iron rod, m, connects the outer end of each marker-rod Ll with the end of cross-piece H', giving thereby greater stability to the same, without preventing the marker-rod from being thrown up into upright position against the seed-boxes,`to be out of the way after use, as shown in Fig. l. The end of each marker-rod L1 is provided with a check or marker, L2, of forked or other shape, which leaves an impression on the surface of the ground after each stroke of arm L.

The distance of the markers L2 from the runners H is equal to the distance between the runners, so that the rows are kept at equal distances from each other by following with the planter the line of marks produced on the ground, the double marker-rods checking the regular diagonal distance of the hills.

A hand or foot lever, M, is applied to a forked lever, O, of the shaft ofthe intermediate gear-wheel b1, by which the same may be thrownout of gear, as required, while a bandspring, o', applied to the lower end of forked lever o, carries wheel b1 back to mesh with wheels b b2 011 the release of lever M. The longer arm of the lever M projects up through a slot in the cross-bar of the frame to which it is attached, to adapt it for application of footpressure, when required to "throw the wheel b1 into gear with wheels I) b2. The seed-droppin g and row-marking operation is thereby interrupted and resumed at the will of the attendant, forming thus a very convenient and eiii cient apparatus for farm use. i

Having thus described my invention, Iclailn as new and desire to soouro hy Letters latolit- 1. Tho combination of tho fooblovor M, projecting upward at its free ond through tho slotrod cross-bar of tho frmno, tho baud-spring o', forked lever 0, adjustable Wheel b1, gerrwhcels I) b2, wheels B :md axle, tho shaft C, firms L, und markers L17 allv as shown and doscribed.

2. The marker-rodsL7 pivotod to the forked ouds of front cross-piece G, and provided with markers L2, in combination with rotating arms L7 spring h, and stoadyiug-rods m, for producing tho regular nmrking of the rows and roturn of tho rods in posit-ion for tho arms7 as set forth.

GEORGE TL HUME. Vitnossos S. D. GoNDoN, XVM. T. Por'ls. 

